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Constitution 


UNIVERSITY  OF  CALIFORNIA 

AT   LOS  ANGELES 


ROBERT  ERNEST  COWAN 


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CONSTITUTION 


BY-LAWS 


SAN     FRANCISCO : 

DEWEY  &  CO.,  220  Market  Street, 

1890. 


CONSTITUTION 


BY-LAWS 


SAN     FRANCISCO: 

DEWEY  &  CO.,  220  Market  Street, 

1890. 


C  /  Co 


CONSTITUTION 

OP   THE 

CALIFORNIA 

State  Horticultural  Society. 


ARTICLE  I. 

NAME. 

This  association  shall  be  called  the  "California 
State  Horticultural  Society." 

ARTICLE  II. 

OBJECT. 

Its  object  shall  be  to  promote  the  science  and 
practice  of  horticulture  in  all  its  branches. 

ARTICLE   III. 

MEMBERS. 

The  Society  shall  consist  of — First :  Regular 
members  and  Life  members  ;  second  :  of  Honorary 
members  and  Corresponding  members,  who  shall 
have  the  same  privileges  as  regular  members,  ex- 
cept that  they  shall  have  no  vote  in  the  transac- 
tion of  business. 


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ARTICLE  IV. 

OFFICERS. 

The  elective  officers  of  this  Society  shall  consist 
of  a  President,  a  Vice-President,  a  Secretary,  a 
Treasurer,  and  a  Board  of  five  Directors,  four  of 
whom  shall  constitute  a  quorum.  These  officers 
shall  be  elected  annually  to  serve  one  year,  or  until 
their  successors  qualify. 


ARTICLE  V. 

DUTIES  OF  OFFICERS. 

The  President  shall  preside  at  all  meetings  of 
the  Society,  and  appoint  all  committees  unless 
otherwise  ordered.  He  shall  call  a  special  meeting 
of  the  Society  whenever  it  seems  to  him  desirable, 
or  at  the  written  request  of  ten  members.  The 
Presideat  and  Secretary  are  ex  ojficio  members  of 
the  Board  of  Directors.  The  Vice-President  shall 
take  the  place  of  the  President  during  his  absence. 
The  Secretary  shall  keep  a  correct  account  of  the 
proceedings  of  all  meetings  of  the  Society,  and 
also  of  the  Board  of  Directors.  He  shall  issue 
notices  to  members  of  all  meetings.  He  shall  re- 
ceive all  moneys  paid  in,  receipt  for  the  same, and 
pay  them  over  to  the  Treasurer.  He  shall  attest 


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all  papers  executed  by  the  Society,  and  attend  to 
the  correspondence.  The  Treasurer  shall  receive 
from  the  Secretary  all  moneys  collected  by  him, 
and  pay  the  same  out  only  by  order  of  the  Board 
of  Directors  He  shall  report  receipts  and  dis- 
bursements at  the  close  of  each  meeting,  and  shall 
make  a  full  statement  of  accounts  at  each  annual 
meeting.  The  Board  of  Directors  shall  be  the 
general  managers  of  the  Society.  They  shall  have 
charge  of  its  property  ;  they  shall  examine  and 
audit  its  accounts,  and  order  bills  paid ;  they  shall 
elect  their  own  presiding  officer,  shall  hold  at  least 
monthly  meetings,  except  in  July,  August  and 
December  ;  shall  have  charge  of  all  exhibitions 
and  .publications  of  the  Society,  and  shall 
have  power  to  employ  an  assistant  Secretary  when 
necessary,  define  his  duties  and  fix  his  compen- 
sation. 


ARTICLE  VI 

AMENDMENTS. 

This  Constitution  may  be  amended  only  by  a 
two  thirds  vote  of  the  members  present  at  any 
regular  meeting  of  the  Society  ;  Provided,  that  the 
proposed  amendment  was  offered  in  writing  and 
read  by  the  Secretary  at  the  previous  regular 
meeting. 


BY-LAWS. 

ARTICLE   I. 

ELECTION   OF  MEMBERS. 

All  members  must  be  elected  by  ballot  after 
having  been  announced  at  a  previous  regular 
meeting.  They  must  receive  a  majority  vote  of 
the  members  present.  No  person  shall  be  deemed 
a  member  until  he  or  she  shall  have  paid  an  initia- 
tion fee  of  two  .  dollars  and  fifty  cents  into  the 
funds  of  the  Society  and  signed  the  Constitution. 

ARTICLE  II. 

ELECTION   OF   OFFICERS. 

The  annual  meeting  and  election  of  officers  shall 
be  held  on  the  last  Friday  in  October,  and  the 
candidates  must  be  nominated  at  the  previous 
monthly  meeting,  and  be  elected  by  ballot. 

Vacancies  which  occur  shall  be  filled,  by  election 
by  ballot,  at  the  next  regular  meeting  after  they 
are  announced  to  the  Society,  and  all  candidates 
for  such  vacancies  must  be  nominated  at  the 
monthly  meeting  previous  to  their  election. 

ARTICLE  III. 

DUES. 

Each  member  shall  pay  dues  of  Three  Dollars 
annually  in  advance.  Non-payment  of  dues  for 
six  months  shall  subject  a  member  to  suspension 
or  expulsion.  A  member  may  be  re-instated  by  a 
majority  vote  at  any  time  upon  payment  of  back 
dues. 


ARTICLE  IV. 

PENALTIES. 

A  member  may  be  expelled  by  a  two-thirds  vote 
of  the  members  at  any  regular  meeting,  provided, 
that  charges  have  been  preferred  at  the  previous 
regular  meeting,  and  provided  that  such  member 
shall  have  had  at  least  two  weeks'  notice  to 
answer  such  charges. 

ARTICLE  V. 

COMMITTEES. 

Standing  Committees  shall  be  appointed  or 
elected  upon  the  following  and  such  other  subjects 
as  may  be  deemed  advisable.  Orchard  and  Small 
Fruits;  Grapes  and  Grape  Products  ;  Transporta- 
tion ;  Nomenclature  and  New  Fruits  ;  Handling  of 
Fruits;  Vegetables;  Botany  and  Vegetable  Physi- 
ology ;  Insects  and  Diseases  ;  Chemical  Fertiliza- 
tion ;  Forestry.  Also  a  Committee  on  Subjects, 
Discussions  and  Publications. 

ARTICLE  VI. 

DEBT  LIMITATION. 

The  Board  of  Directors  shall  not  be  allowed  at 
any  time  to  incur  a  debt  of  over  twenty- five  dollars 
without  a  two-thirds  vote  of  the  Society  at  a 
regular  meeting. 

ARTICLE  VII. 
QUORUM. 

Ten  voting  members  of  this  Society  present  at 
any  regular  meeting  shall  constitute  a  quorum  for 
the  transaction  of  business. 


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ARTICLE    VIII. 

TIME    AND  PLACE  OP  MEETING. 

The  regular  meeting  of  this  Society  shall  be  held 
on  the  last  Friday  of  each  month  promptly  at 
12:30  P.  M.,  in  the  city  of  San  Francisco,  and  at 
such  place  as  the  Board  of  Directors  may  designate. 

ARTICLE  IX. 

ORDER   OP    BUSINESS. 

At  the  regular  meetings  of  the  Society,  the  fol- 
lowing shall  be  the  order  of  proceeding  and  each 
item  shall  be  announced  by  the  presiding  officer 
in  its  regular  order. 

1.  Reading  of  the  Minutes  of  Last  Meeting. 

2.  Nominations  for  Membership. 

3.  Balloting  for  Candidates. 

4.  Reports  "of  Officers . 

5.  Reports  of  Committees. 

6.  Correspondence. 

7.  Written  Communications 

8.  Oral  Communications. 

9.  Receiving   exhibits  and   donations   to   the 

Library  and  Museum. 

10.  Unfinished  Business. 

11.  New  Business  and  selection  of  subjects  for 

following  meeting. 

12.  Questions  and   Requests,  either  written  or 

oral  by  members  for  responses  by  other 
members. 

13.  Stated  Discussion. 

14.  Adjournment. 

ARTICLE  X. 

AMENDMENTS. 

These  By-laws  may  be  amended  in  the  same  way 
as  the  Constitution. 


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